This is the last weekend Cypress Gardens Adventure Park will be open until March. The park in Winter Haven closes Monday and will reopen in March without its ride or animal attractions, but with an expanded water park attraction. The move is being taken to ensure the park's long-term presence. About 200 employees will be laid off temporarily and will learn in the next few weeks whether they will be retained, park officials said last week. ...more

November 16, 2008

Cypress Gardens Adventure Park will close Monday and reopen in March without its ride or animal attractions. ...more

November 11, 2008

The Democrats' flagship proposal on Iraq is aimed at bringing most troops home. Yet, if enacted, the law would still allow for tens of thousands of U.S. troops to stay deployed for years to come. ...more

November 23, 2007

Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters descended Friday on a remote desert area southwest of Baghdad to root out al-Qaida in Iraq and search for two U.S. soldiers missing after a deadly insurgent ambush six months ago. ...more

November 17, 2007